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20 hours ago, Segue Myles said:

He's struggled with fame, alcoholism, and even has a strong dislike of metal. I feel something has happened BTS and the band had to move forwards. The writing has been on the wall for a long while now, if you chose to notice.

 

I wish him the best.

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm betting the band was giving the situation every chance to work itself out.

In the meantime, Uncle Ben looks right at home here.

9 hours ago, Fredred said:

Edit: I can't get my pictures and vids to work. I use windows 11, and my pics are on onedrive. How do I transfer them? Thanks.

We don't use the upload function here. If you have the photos online you can link to them.

You can use an image hosting service like https://imgbb.com/ I've used that one for years, it's easy and free.

2 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

So…

 

Brent’s out.

Brent's unique voice, playing and writing style are near impossible to replace.

But, we have this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2025/03/10/who-is-masodons-new-guitarist-ben-eller/

I've been subscribed to Ben's YouTube channel for years He's a killer player and a huge Mastodon fan. He's the guy you watch when you want to know how to play a song the right way.

Kossoff left us way too soon, but even if he were still around, Iommi is the godfather of metal.

1 hour ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

My cable provider just raised my monthly rate by $40, saying my "promotional rate" has expired. I've been a customer for 29 years -- shouldn't we be well past promotional rates? (I'd say "loyal customer," but they're the only cable and internet provider in my area.) Might be time to cut the cord on the TV and just use their internet.

26 minutes ago, tskidmore said:

Not so fast, when you try that they will jack up your internet rate to damn near what you pay for both, under the excuse that you are getting a "Bundle discount".  Hard to win with these companies.

That's exactly what I'm afraid of, especially since my cable provider has no competition in my area and they know it. I'm now spending $300 for TV/internet/phone, and we're talking lower tiers for those -- not super-fast internet and normal cable with the sports package and no premium movie channels. I was overpaying before the $40 price increase.

2 hours ago, HemiBeers said:

I have something that's worse that moving: cancelling my cable service. 

 

death by a thousand questions. 

My cable provider just raised my monthly rate by $40, saying my "promotional rate" has expired. I've been a customer for 29 years -- shouldn't we be well past promotional rates? (I'd say "loyal customer," but they're the only cable and internet provider in my area.) Might be time to cut the cord on the TV and just use their internet.

3 hours ago, That One Guy said:

The last time this board was online, I was a different age and had a car loan.

Makes sense. We were closed for 13 days, which gave you some extra time to get more work done, which let you pay off your car.

You're welcome.

3 hours ago, That One Guy said:

The last time this board was online, I was a different age and had a car loan.

Makes sense. We were closed for 13 days, which gave you some extra time to get more work done, which let you pay off your car.

You're welcome.

I can't even pick out one movie as an example of his greatness, because it would take all night to list them. He commanded the screen like few others. RIP

21 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 

This particular problem will never resurface.

9 minutes ago, HemiBeers said:

oh dear that's a threat to the computer gods. 

 

well done, but keep the mcgyver kit close by.

In this case, there's no threat of this particular problem coming back. A couple of settings are now enabled that will prevent it.

9 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

That was a long down time but I'm glad you got it fixed. Hopefully it will hold this time.

This particular problem will never resurface. The last fix for it was incomplete, but it took this last shutdown to expose that.

It does suck that we've been down for almost two weeks -- this was by far our longest outage.

Again, I won't go into detail, but there was a settings conflict between hardware and software that's been present for months, and the last shutdown and repair only fixed part of it. It won't be a problem ever again.

9 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

I don’t know how to compare these two honestly.

Same, they're quite different stylistically. Andy Summers vs. The Edge might be a better comparison (though U2 didn't release their first album until the early '80s).

On 2/23/2025 at 12:46 AM, grep said:

Coin detected in pocket....

Joe Walsh. His phrasing is unique and bendy and fun -- he sounds like Joe Walsh.

Better to have Amazon taking the reins than Disney. Could you imagine? They would:

• Introduce a non-British and non-toxically masculine Bond character,
• Remake and re-imagine every MGM-era film, and make Disney-fied film versions of every existing un-adapted Bond novel and fan fiction blog post,
• Create spinoff trilogies for every Bond Villain (including Darth Vader and Thanos in the inevitable crossover films),
• Completely do away with Bond Girls,
• Introduce an adorable CGI "Baby Bond" somewhere in Phase 3,
• Make Bond drive an all-electric Prius while having the villains drive diesel-guzzling Hummers, accompanied by the usual socially-conscious exposition,
• Have Bond drink very-lightly shaken kombuchas instead of martinis,
• And so forth

If Amazon stays faithful to the source material like they did with the Jack Reacher series, then I'm sure Bond will be fine.

I chose May, but George wrote some of my favorite Beatles songs.

6 hours ago, treeduck said:

I'm a bigger fan of Thin Lizzy than the Scorps, but I had to go with Uli in this one.

Same 

I'm liking the extended outro here.

On 2/7/2025 at 10:39 PM, J2112YYZ said:

So a couple other things happened at this show. Dany did a guitar solo for what I think is the first time ever live and it was a very David Gilmour kind of solo. The other is for Consume. The drummer from the opening band, Holy Wars, came out to play and Pau was able to be the front woman for a song.

 

 

1 minute ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Very interesting developments. Wonder if Pau is gonna lean into this role more often in the future. She seemed to really enjoy it. 

I can't imagine her giving up the drums, she's too good at it and she definitely enjoys hitting things with sticks.

53 minutes ago, grep said:

Also, why are you asking the fanbase what they think?  Unless there is someone among us with actual ties to the industry, I don't think even the most hardcore fan could put a number on something.

This was my question when he first approached me with this about a month ago. I pointed out that we were not affiliated with the band in any official capacity and that we were just a fan site, and that without posting samples we'd be of little help.

However, reading these replies, we're kinda being helpful, but maybe not in the way the OP had hoped.

10 hours ago, PowerWashWindows said:

Hello Rush fans and collectors. I have legal possession of authentic Rush demos and live concert tapes. We are in coordination with entertainment lawyers and Anthem records. Due to the quality of the professionally engineered mixes, their condition, and the reputation of the engineer, the label is willing to purchase these tapes sight unseen. Anthem has confirmed to us that we have tapes and mixes that are currently not in their archive and are of great interest to them. I’m hoping some of you may be able to provide us with an honest appraisal. What would be the fair market value for a tape like this? Thank you. 

 

 

What other info can you give?

What kind of tapes are we talking about? Audio cassettes? Studio 1" or 2" tape? Videotapes?

You say "authentic Rush demos." Demos of what?

What tours do the concert footage come from? Is it pro shot or audience footage?

How did you come to possess this material?

Folks, any other questions you'd like to ask?

2 minutes ago, Rhyta said:

So if you haven't been using your email to log in, what are the steps to change it?

No special steps needed. When you log in, just enter your email address instead of your user name.

51 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Eagerly awaiting 73’s arrival here.

To the commentariat here, let me ask you guys this. Is it possible for any of us to give an honest and fairly accurate estimate on what these tapes are worth without seeing the footage? I'm thinking showing even samples of it might lower its value. Opinions?

To PowerWashWindows, you PMed me about this a little while back and I never got back to you about posting it, apologies. I was going to give you the go-ahead anyway.

Any of the Motown stuff, especially the songs with James Jamerson on bass. And there are tons of one- or two-hit wonders from the '70s that have aged well.